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Fletcher Wildlife Garden | all galleries >> Bees, wasps, ants and sawflies (Hymenoptera) of the FWG (19 galleries) >> Sweat Bees (Halictidae) > Sweat bee (Sphecodes)
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17-SEP-2012 Barry Cottam

Sweat bee (Sphecodes)

Gorgeous shot of a vivid sweat bee, quite different from the metallic green ones we often see, or those with striped abdomens. This red-bellied one is a kleptoparasite on other sweat bees.

Canon EOS 60D
1/320s f/5.6 at 100.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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